DIEGO LOOKED PRETTY ROUGH. WHEN WE’D BEEN FRIENDS, CORY HAD TOLD ME HIS BIG BROTHER HAD GOTTEN MESSED UP WITH DRUGS. THAT’S WHY DIEGO HAD RUN AWAY, WHY THE FAMILY DIDN’T TALK TO HIM, WHY CORY DIDN’T TALK TO HIM.

(cont)

BUT THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO AND NOW CORY WAS WITH HIM. AND IN BIG TROUBLE.

PANEL 3

CAPTION

THE GUN HAD GOT ME TO HOLD OFF, BUT PEOPLE WERE ALREADY GETTING HURT.

(cont)

I COULD COUNT ALL THE THUG’S HEARTBEATS, SO I KNEW NO ONE WAS DEAD YET. BUT IF THERE REALLY WAS A STASH OF MONEY OUT HERE, IT HAD TO BE MOB MONEY. THE GUARD WAS RIGHT, THIS GUY WASN’T GOING TO LEAVE ANY WITNESSES.

PANEL 4

CAPTION

IT WAS TIME TO DO SOMETHING.

PANEL 5

IVAN

YOU’RE JUST GOING TO DO YOUR THING ONE MORE TIME, KID, AND THEN WE’RE OUT OF HERE.

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So! Flyboy knew this kid three years ago. And they were close enough for intimate chats about family problems. How will this relationship influence what Flyboy is going to do? Is Ivan really not planning to leave any witnesses? And what the heck was the rest of that guard’s sentence, anyway?!